Arsene Wenger has no intention of letting anyone other
than Arsenal benefit from the "quality" of defender Justin
Hoyte.
The versatile 23-year-old is expected to feature in the second leg
of the Gunners' Carling Cup semi-final at Tottenham on
Tuesday.
He is likely to slot in alongside William Gallas following injuries
to Philippe Senderos and Johan Djourou.
Wenger firmly believes Hoyte has a bright future ahead of
him.
The summer arrival of French right-back Bacary Sagna, however, cast
some doubts on whether the Academy graduate would remain with the
Gunners.
It is understood Arsenal recently rejected a bid from Aston Villa
for the England Under-21 international, who has attracted plenty of
interest in the loan market.
Quality
Wenger said: "Justin is a player that has improved
tremendously.
"I have big respect for Justin because he is a player that does not
talk too much, but every time I play him he is quality.
"He can be in the centre and when I did that against Tottenham in
the first leg, he did very, very well.
"Technically he is very good - but as well he is very versatile and
quick on the turn which is a great quality for a centre-back.
"He is good in the air even if he is small and overall I refuse
categorically to give him up."
Wenger added: "Part of being at a big club is you accept that other
players might come in and do extremely well and he has to be
patient."
